SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, just installed Duelund caps on my Zu Def 4s tweeter filter network and Lundahl Hypex sub bass amps.A true Eureka moment, and these special spkrs have taken yet another leap fwd, the bi... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
Sadurni Acoustics HornsHi Jorge, thought I would pick your brains here (as well as on WBF and PM). Can I say that I respect your reasonably informal nature, and lack of oversell on your horns. I can tell you love your ba... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I concur w/yr Elrog comments, but having switched to Nats w/ '48 NOS GE 211s, I'm not missing the pair I used in my Audion 845s. Nat still providing the proverbial "iron fist in a vel... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I'm going to stop hogging your thread! Just to say that I'm getting a balance of involvement and analysis that I really thought wasn't possible. That's to say the system w/the Nats is so r... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Certainly has Charles. And again my thanx to you for reeling me in when I nibbled at the SET bait some 24 months ago. The Nats are right up there w/the 5x pricier Koda setup I auditioned 12 months ... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Good to hear that Charles. Tbh, there wasn't really a choice since I bought ex-demo, and it's the new, current models that run the GM70s. I have to say the amps are totally opening up, and I am spe... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).That's right Charles. GM70s replace 211s on current models of SE2SEs, not for SQ reasons, but because of the short supply of NOS 211s. posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Jwm, pretty hot, as you'd expect a quad of 211s to! The transformers are pretty warm too, all 4 of them, and this is a consequence of driving my pretty big space. Good thing the Zu's are 101dB/m ef... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I've dropped ten big ones (£s not $s) on a suite of ex demo Nat Audio amps, the Utopia 2-box tube line stage, and SE2SE 211 SET monos, at 75W/ch. Tubes are NOS 1948 GE 211s.Much as I l... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
Never Ending....or So I Thought....NAT's IT!!!!!!Chuckie, I'm just about to audition the Nat Audio SE2SE's, using the provided NOS '48 GE 211s, thru the Nat Symmetrical preamp.Your effusively positive comments are making me optimistic.Can... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemYep John, all well here. I'm about to audition Nat Audio Symmetrical pre/SE2SE SET monos using paired NOS '48 GE 211's per side, to see if they outperform my current Audion Quattro dual mono line s... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemGosh John, after all the technical superiority you felt the Schroeder LT brought to the party, allied to it's superlative SQ as reported by you, i AM surprised you've moved on.For me, the move ... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).We'll see. I really don't want to give up just yet, but this has to be the final shot. My nature is to support the "little guy", but not at the expense of my frayed nerves LOL! posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Brf, sadly I'm coming to agree w/you re Elrog 845s. I'm about to go onto my second replacement pair, that's three pairs in just 8 months. They sound positively dreamy wrt the rather bland stock Shu... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Early, your feedback on Shuguangs is much appreciated. Do you have any experience of the Shuguang C (Iron base)?It seems my choice is Shuguang B, Shug C, Pvsane T/11, Pvs T/11 Mk2, and Pvs WE R... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I believe the stock tubes are Shugang A's, Early is talking about B's posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Early, thanx. Assuming greater reliability of Shugang Bs, how does the SQ compare w/the KRs and Pvsane WE Replicas? posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Well, it's not just me. They are hand made, and the bias may vary btwn pairs, and within pairs. The Black Shadows I've recently learnt can't be user adjusted for bias, the humbucker is internal, an... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, can you stop me tearing my hair out? I'm struggling w/Elrog 845s on my Audion Black Shadow SET monos. They sound fantastic, trouncing the stock Shugangs, but after 8 months it looks like I... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I've put myself under the spotlight. Tbh, I'm a little tired of the sniping the objectivist crowd are guilty of indulging in, grounding being a prime target of theirs. I absolutely believe... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemEntreq is a little more affordable in the UK then Troy (e.g. Entreq S. Tellus/7 Apollo leads+10kVA balanced power transformer+Burmester conditioner, equates to the price of Troy SE). In the States,... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, you owe it to y'self to try Entreq grounding. Simple a-b demo, Silver Tellus w/Apollo or Atlantis ground lead, to your preamp (two leads if you have dual mono preamp like me). Connect it al... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemOops, do excuse my various typos etc LOL, that's what happens when you only get 5hrs' sleep!!! posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systembefore you consider a new phono stage J, you really owe it to y'self to check out a Soundsmith Straingauge cart. I run it w/the Red Wine Audio batt psu that was in no small part to you backing me u... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Jfrech's systemGuys, I thought one of the evergreen arguments in audio is the never ending analog v digital debate. Up until my purchase of the Eera Tentation cdp, I always considered the best of digital trying t... posted about 10 years ago | View comment |